notional

notional
adj
1. abstract, theoretical, speculative, conceptual, ideational, hypothetical, reflective.
2. unreal, imaginary, ideal, idealistic, Utopian; visionary, envisioned, dreamed, fabled, fabulous, illusory, fancied, fanciful, romantic; unsubstantiated, groundless, baseless, unfounded, figmentary.
3. whimsical, maggoty, capricious, faddish, fadmon-gering; fanciful, fitful, changeable, erratic, variable, quixotic, fickle, tergiversating; volatile, mercurial, uncontrolled, unrestrained; frivolous, unstable, undependable, irresponsible; frolicsome, flirtatious, coquettish, sportive, playful, skittish.

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